Amphoriskos
Manufacturer
Unknown
CultureEastern Mediterranean | Ptolemaic
Date2nd century B.C.
MediumCore-formed glass
DimensionsOverall: 6 in. (15.2 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Overall, Rim: 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.6746
Not on view
DescriptionAmphora of core formed glass. Elongated ovoid body with a tall cylindrical neck and a slightly flaring rim of blue ground. Decorated with spiral threads of red and white from rim to shoulder and the body of red and white combed (feather) threading to the bottom where there is a repeat of the spiral. Attached pair blue angular handles from mid-neck to shoulder and knob at the bottom. Almost mint. Some weathering and iridescence and slight pitting. Ptolemaic.Label TextEastern Mediterranean, possibly Syro-Palestinian Amphoriskos (Jar), 2nd-mid-1st century B.C. Core-formed glass; applied rim, handles and base knob Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.6746 Published ReferencesHoney, _Glass, A Handbook_, from the Victoria & Albert Museum, pg. 19, pl. IF. The Corning Museum of Glass, _Glass from the Ancient World, the Ray Winfield Smith Collection_, 1957, #22, pg. 29. The British Museum, _Masterpieces of Glass_, #17, pg. 23.
3rd century - 2nd century B.C.
3rd century - 2nd century B.C.
3rd century - 2nd century B.C.
4TH CENTURY BC - 3rd CENTURY BC
3rd century - 2nd century B.C.
